School Leaders Seminar

Taught by Irene Fountas and Cindy Downend, this seminar designed for principals and literacy leaders examines the roles of effective teaching, systematic assessment, literacy coaching, and supervision in improving student achievement in reading and writing.

Literacy Professional Development For School Administrators and Literacy Leaders

Dates for Summer 2015: August 10-13, 2015

In our School Leaders Seminar, What Every School Leader Needs to Know About Good Literacy Teaching and Effective Literacy Coaching, you will have the opportunity to learn how to use observational tools to
examine the classroom environment and understand best teaching
practices. Develop a sound foundation of literacy theory, assessment,
and practices such as guided reading, literature study groups, readers'
workshop, writers' workshop, guided writing, interactive writing, genre
study, and word study. You will observe
and analyze videotaped teaching, and learn how to use language that
supports teacher development. Earn 24 hours of literacy professional development.

Faculty Presenters

Irene Fountas is a professor in the Lesley University School of Education in Cambridge, MA where she directs research-based literacy projects. She has been a classroom teacher, language arts specialist, literacy coach and consultant in school districts across the nation and abroad and has received numerous awards for her contributions in literacy. She is the
co-author with Gay Su Pinnell of several books, including The Continuum
of Literacy Learning, PreK–8 and The Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark
Assessment System, K–2 and 3–8.

Cindy Downend is a faculty member at the Center for Reading Recovery and Literacy Collaborative with over 20 years of educational experience as a
classroom teacher and Reading Recovery teacher. She has also held many
leadership roles in a variety of diverse settings including school
districts in Florida and Minnesota.

If you can't come to us, we'll go to you

If you can't come to Cambridge, Mass., we offer our School Leaders Seminar, What Every School Leader Needs to Know About Good Literacy Teaching and Effective Literacy Coaching, as on-site professional development for a group of literacy coaches, principals, assistant principals, instructional coaches, or lead teachers within your
school district.

Resources

Contact Us

Melissa Fasten, Project Manager

Phone: 617.349.8798

Email: litcol@lesley.edu

Elevating Teacher Expertise

"Though we have seen a variety of approaches to instruction and arguments about content over the years, the key role of teacher expertise in schools must be at the forefront of systemic change if we are serious about educating every child." -Irene Fountas, Author, Professor, and Director of the Lesley University Center for Reading Recovery and Literacy Collaborative